Dry period length and performance of cows in the subsequent production cycle

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-147

  Sawa, Anna ^a   Bogucki, Mariusz ^a   Neja, Wojciech ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cows; Culling; Dry period; Fertility; Milk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859910698     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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